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# Method name: approveByEmail(email: string)

# Method package: wixMembersBackend

# Method menu location: wixMembersBackend --> Authentication --> approveByEmail

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-members-backend/authentication/approve-by-email.md

# Method Description:

Approves a pending member using an email address.


The `approveByEmail()` function returns a Promise that resolves to a session token
when the specified member is approved. The session token can be applied using the
[wix-members-frontend `applySessionToken()` function](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-members-frontend/authentication/apply-session-token.md)
to log the member in.

A new member's status is `"PENDING"`
when the site's membership policy is set to manual approval.
To learn more about setting your site's membership approval policy, see
[Editing Your Member Signup Settings](https://support.wix.com/en/article/editing-your-member-signup-settings-for-the-default-form).



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Approve a pending member using an email address

```javascript

import { Permissions, webMethod } from 'wix-web-module';
import { authentication } from 'wix-members-backend';

export const myApproveByEmailFunction = webMethod(Permissions.Anyone, (email) => {
  return authentication.approveByEmail(email)
    .then((sessionToken) => {
      return {
        sessionToken: sessionToken,
        approved: true
      };
    })
    .catch((error) => {
      return {
        approved: false,
        reason: error
      };
    });
});

/* Promise resolves to:
 * "JWS.eyJraWQiOiJQSXpvZGJiQiIsImFsZyI6IkhTMjU2In0.eyJkYXRhIjoie1wiaWRcIjpcImViNDNhYjk5LTMwNDAtNGNhMC04OTNkLTNjNWZhMzdjNjNhZFwiLFwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkXCI6XCI5YmVjNThlNi02NDExLTQ5OTEtOGU1ZC0wYWRhOTE4MmI5NWVcIixcIm1ldGFTaXRlSWRcIjpcIjFmZjQ2YTk2LWRlYTYtNDlkYS04M2JhLTUxNjRmYjYyZDgzOVwiLFwib3duZXJcIjpmYWxzZSxcImNyZWF0aW9uVGltZVwiOjE2MjgxMTcwNjU5NDcsXCJleHBpcmVzSW5cIjoxMjA5NjAwMDAwLFwiZXhwaXJhdGlvblRpbWVcIjoxNjI4MTE3MTg1OTQ3LFwibGFzdFJlZnJlc2hlZFwiOjAsXCJhZG1pblwiOmZhbHNlfSIsImlhdCI6MTYyODExNzA2NX0.VGNW1Q26zD8BmSvlljFlP6-OhvYs_Pa2hQidS2tt9No"
 */

```

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